Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-06-18
MARY JAMES TRAVELS.
THs ENGLISH CITY OF PLYMOUTH
HELD up TO OUR VIEW.
The Old Maid aud the Maiden Meet and
Are Charmed with Woman H"tel
,I-rk-The Age at tn. Buildings. the
he'd Coats of the Soldiers, Etc.
Special Correspondence. .

have rocking motion. aud at times feel n
imagiar a nice Young inan does after lie hs
c,me home from temperance meeting. W,
Thought ~ we're going 10 have land sick
n-S> whic Is the negative OF sea sickness il
CauSe. Vet ~Iniar Ia effect but we have -
CaptSi that ;'iliction after We had paSseG
through the hlnds OF the customs officers.
When got lto the hotel We had selected
wEI'h was thr bsst in town, because Dickey
said Nc had to make fine display for a ttA
EIuaIng and hnp-ess the foreign element,
found that Young wonian at the little cub'H
hole of office tslking To- female on the
inside. THIS lady, upon inquiry, learned
WIS the hotel clerk. ana Immediately ii oc
Curpd to me that woman's lot was not 81
dreadful had after oil | knew American no
Tel clerks ia "a bew liering beda2z!emsnt Of
diamonds anG vaIHiSiI-d shirt tus,nls, ruiIIs
guests with pen Of ron !sSIni their ears
Knew them ss haus nty aud imperious King
let; | knew them array ed as Solomon wuuId
not dare to rig himself out. knew them as
the sutnSrats of lodging ami meals, snd
Thought If the women ot England had de
thruuei such men they c-rta,nl, had taken 4
long step toward the goal NJ our cherished
ambition.
We gave this one our names. but not p!acr
of residence, for she did not ask il, AID ~,
gave us IA rugm which We could not reach
by elevator. "a lift" rs they cali IT here, for
there wasn't auy. - We climbed the golden
stair"
When the Servant left Us alone, ncksy
hcGan nosIng arDnnd like a strange cat IA u
garnet
~For goodness sake. Dirkey." said 1. what
are V Il hunting forE'
Nothing tina: | haven't found" said she.
Heres towels, and soap aud water. and fire
ready and gas and e bell cord
Well what Of it, said l.
"Why," said she, they told me at home
that European hotels didn't have any con
Venienc-s, ami that the traveller had to
furnish pretty much everything and pay the
botrl for the privileges
Wait tall You get on 10 the continent. I"
said /; England is not foreign country"
We lunchei comfortably i'll the hotel and
tnen startei Out for our first sight seeing in a
iani beyond the sea-
W. had noticed, coming up TO the hotel
how very old and quaint many Of the houses
were. ami We walked ahOut the other
q.art-rs of the town. We found these evi-
dences of age multiplied; the Giot- hotel,
for iilSran"e. which has teen q tavern for suI
years.
How sesthe,i L said Dickey rs We looked
ct it WY didn't you stop here, Mar,
Jamef
"Becausa dear" said l. 'Hstheticism in art
and s-.stheticism in hotels, where the psii
Iatetc roach and the omnivorous bed bug
have enjoyed opportunities for developing
culture for four centuries, are entirely differ
ent things 1 don't say it Of this hotel, but If
Am. tfs -
that character would be liable TO get loose
any night AMI drug the house and it's guests
clear over into the adjacent county"
Everywhere We went We saw the rel costs
of soldiers and somehow it occurred to ME
that there WIS more Of them than was ueces-
sary in time of peace, and | ma.ie some i'll
quiIy | learned that Plymouth was one Of
the most strongly fortified towns in England,
aud that the soldier element was one OF its
features They were dandy looking fellows,
with little round caps on their heads, switch
Gaines in their hands and q ms.hing air which
caught the girls at every turn Among the
red coats were some Scotch Highlander in
kits, and they were very natty, although
their t.are knees and legs would have excited
Comment, ami police raid, probably, If they
had appeared on the streets Of all American
city.
~Tnat's an appropriate suit for soldier. |
stnui,i think said pickey, AS one paSsed us
-Nh,t sait - said haokinx MT a rcd ,,.t
"Ihe Kilt one" i'll she freshly.
Irish CHESTNUT said ) seyerely. and
clsngei tue subject.
WernoS a ,sb along in III. aftsrraon and
dr,v, over 10 the SaltasL railway t.idps
rru.si,,y tn. Tamar nj SaItasb and cnnne,.tin,
rb. ,,,uuti-s of Deyonsbir- and Cornwall
pl.mou,b heina i'm Deyonsl,irp In fin.
..rT,c,ur,. .y,D fa,4t stov.. wafer snJ rss,s nm
uu,h mare graceful sbutmeuts and ui-,-s
tl.n ,onr American bridges
Ca our way gark We drove through Devon
p.It. the new part Of Plymouth and Stone
Iouse. which with odd Plymouth constitute
n rriricate Of towns under the name Of Ply
mouth and have . popu lation of about 10 ODS
Il wonder how many Americans know how
IN cnt its name,~ said Dickey
~src YOU ONE said l.
NO said she: how"
"H.rause il is situated at the mouth Of the
river Plym." said
Thanks said she. Il have heard the
nam Plymouth ever since knew there WAS
n Pilgrim, but it never occurred to me before
to ask why it should have such "a name"
4 then proceeded TO explain to her that
there were several streams coming to q fo,1ls
at that point, and it was owing considerably
4, then, that Plymouth had SO much shin
room and had been for hundreds of wears a
great shipping point and naval station for
England Fourteen miles south, in a once
dangerous reef. is the Eddystone lighthouse.
,he i-st known probably in the world. The
nam. WAS given because of the eddying of
the waters about the stones, and as early as
,t.s; a lighthouse was built there In WAS
sixty feet high. but the waves dashed over it
.n that il wa, run ND TO over laD feet II
MAS criticised. and the architect said he only
.u.nrs8 q, chance To show his faith i'm his